In the fastest growing language, women are under-represented. There are 7 emojiโs for books lying flat on their backs ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, we have a couple of paperclips ๐๏ธ๐๐งท and more magnifying glasses ๐๐, Neptune swords ๐ฑ, bombs ๐ฃ and future-telling glasses ๐ฎ than you and I will come across in an average year.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
Nowhere to be found.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐
pad ๐ฒ๏ธ (itโs a trackball?*)
tampon ๐ฆฏ (white cane?**)
cup โ
or disc ๐ฅ (flying disc โ bit oversized, but itโll do)
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฃ๐ข ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐-๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง (๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ)
Though other body parts are includedโฆ.
๐ซฐ๐พ๐๐ผ๐ฆต๐ผ๐ซ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆท๐ฆด๐๐๐ฃ๐ฆป(hearing aid! love it) ๐๐ผ๐ช๐ผ๐๐พ๐ซถ๐ฟ๐
๐ผ๐คณ๐ป
๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ?
Yes it does.
Taboo words are socially labeled undesirable. They can even be sanctioned by institutions of power***.
Quite like how many AI tools still consider the word โperiodโ offensive (2024) and thus wonโt create the requested image.
In other words (pun intended) once words are not available, they enter the taboo realm.
๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฃ๐ขโ๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ.
A period emoji was proposed in 2017. But it was rejected, for โnot being relatable enoughโ
๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐… ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง 2024…
The tampon was declined in 2019….
The uterus was declined in July 2024…
Source: Unicode Consortium – Emoji Proposal Status
https://lnkd.in/eidqh8yq
If something that 4 billion people experience is not relatable enoughโฆ
โฆ Iโll eat my hat for breakfast
๐ฉ๐โ๏ธ๐๐ค ๐ท for ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฅฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ฅฏ๐ฉ๐ฅง๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅจ๐ฅช๐ฅ